HW #3

 

 

Mess Mend ili Ianki v Petrograde, vol. 1

 

         This is photomontage from Museum of Modern Art Web site. It was made by Aleksandr Rodchenko. There is one thing I can easily recognize about design principles which is balance. The photomontage is balanced by crossing half line. It is showing symmetrical balance. Left and right side of shapes are perfectly matched. However, I can also see asymmetrical balance as well from the color of shapes. On the top of it, there are four squares at the both sides. At the bottom of them, there are small triangulars, arrows, letters and small shape like mountain. At the bottom of it, there are also squares. The artist used different color which is black and red. Even though, they are same size, black looks heavier than red. There are also different figure on both side. On the left side has woman with face of man. On the right side, there are three men with some kind of net material. This also shows asymmetrical balance. Among of the three mans, there is one man is extremely bigger than other figures. The fiure is even bigger than net material. He is pointing to the face of man on the left side with his gun. It shows proportion and scale. The artist also shows focal point. The arrows are pointing into the bottom where figures are placed. By making the figure with big size, it shows also emphasis. There are also rhythm with repetition of colors and shapes. The colors repeated with black and red. Both sides of shapes are also repeated. There is also unity with same shapes. I can see variety with different figures.